# Amputations at MasTec Utility Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065328` · 6/19/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** MasTec Utility Services, LLC
- **Location:** 1811 S. Congress Avenue, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78704
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were team-lifting a reel bar to insert it into a new reel of wire. As the employees were walking toward the reel of wire, the injured employee tripped on a concrete parking bumper and fell onto the curb. As he fell, he released his grip on the reel bar and it landed on his left hand. The left middle fingertip was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*